daphne
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3ADJ.
open
VERB + DAPHNE
flies
DAPHNE + NOUN
chase
Definitions
name
A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus.
Run when you will, the story shall be chang'd; / Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase; / The dove pursues the griffin
41 Daphne, a main belt asteroid.
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
My wife. Daphne. Yes, that was, is, her name. For some reason people have always found it faintly comic. I think it matches very well her damp, dark, myopic beauty.
noun
Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals.
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4Run when you will, the story shall be chang'd; / Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase; / The dove pursues the griffin
WiktionaryMy wife. Daphne. Yes, that was, is, her name. For some reason people have always found it faintly comic. I think it matches very well her damp, dark, myopic beauty.
WiktionaryDaphne will open a school.
Tatoeba · #12530805Daphne is going to open a school.
Tatoeba · #12530806